Description of Greece / Pausanias.
| Author/creator | Pausanias author. |
| Other author | Jones, W. H. S. (William Henry Samuel), 1876-1963, translator. |
| Other author | Ormerod, Henry Arderne, 1886-1964, translator. |
| Other author | Wycherley, R. E. (Richard Ernest), editor. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2014. |
| Description | 1 online resource : halftones, maps, line illustrations. |
| Supplemental Content | v.1 |
| Supplemental Content | v.2 |
| Supplemental Content | v.3 |
| Supplemental Content | v.4 |
| Supplemental Content | v.5 |
| Subjects |
| Series | Loeb Classical Library ; 93, 188, 272, 297-298 Loeb classical library ; 93, 188, 272, 297-298. ^A467228 |
| Contents | v. I. Books 1-2 (Attica and Corinth) / with an English translation by W.H.S. Jones -- v. II. Books 3-5 (Laconia, Messenia, Elis 1) / with an English translation by W.H.S. Jones and H.A. Ormerod -- v. III. Books 6-8.21 (Elis 2, Achaia, Arcadia) / with an English translation by W.H.S. Jones -- v. IV. Books 8.22-10 (Arcadia, Boeotia, Phocis and Ozolian Locri) / with an English translation by W.H.S. Jones -- v. V. Maps, plans, illustrations, and general index / edited by R.E. Wycherley. |
| Abstract | Pausanias (fl. 150 CE), one of the Roman world's great travelers, sketches in Description of Greece the history, geography, landmarks, legends, and religious cults of all the important Greek cities. He shares his enthusiasm for great sites, describing them with care and an accuracy confirmed by comparison with monuments that still stand today. Pausanias, born probably in Lydia in Asia Minor, was a Greek of the 2nd century CE, about 120-180, who travelled widely not only in Asia Minor, Palestine, Egypt and North Africa, but also in Greece and in Italy, including Rome. He left a description of Greece in ten books, which is like a topographical guidebook or tour of Attica, the Peloponnese, and central Greece, filled out with historical accounts and events and digressions on facts and wonders of nature. His chief interest was the monuments of art and architecture, especially the most famous of them; the accuracy of his descriptions of these is proved by surviving remains. The Loeb Classical Library edition of Pausanias is in five volumes; the fifth volume contains maps, plans, illustrations, and a general index. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliography and indexes. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Language | Text in Greek with English translation on facing pages. |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Pausanias, active approximately 150-175. Description of Greece. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1918 9780674991040(v.1) 9780674992078(v.2) 9780674993006(v.3) 9780674993280(v.4) 9780674993297(v.5) |
| ISBN | (v. 1) print version |
| ISBN | (v. 2) print version |
| ISBN | (v. 3) print version |
| ISBN | (v. 4) print version |
| ISBN | (v. 5) print version |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |